Tantrum!
Our little boy Samuel is a mellow child; most of the time, he just goes with the flow. Now that he is 21 months old and trying his best to communicate with us, it is not uncommon for him to become frustrated, which brings me to my story. It was a beautiful sunny day, the sky was blue, filled with clouds and there was a crisp fall breeze. We were at a park with a few friends from the neighborhood. Samuel was at the playground and spotted another child's tricycle (the kind that has an extension of a handle bar for an adult to push it). Having an obsession with pushing things around, Samuel could not help himself and ran towards it. I received the "OK" from the mother of the child to which the tricycle belonged to and I began to follow Samuel. Time passed on and Samuel continued to play with this toy until the time came to return home for dinner. We had walked to the park with a friend who lives in the same complex and has a toddler of her own. I had agreed with her to